Block and wall construction



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Patented Feb. 24, 1931 PArE NT orrlca s'rarmmrnrzoznl'l, or nn'rnon', urqmeim nnocx Ann WALL consrnuc'rron Application med June 27,

invention relates to a block.-

or bfiacks and a wall made therefrom. In accordance with my invention, I construct a wall from solid blocks, formed oi plastic material, such as dried or hardened concrete, burned clay, or other suitable material which may be molded in the plastic state and subsequently hardened. The blocks are relatively large and heavy and means are provided to permit of the proper handling of the same, by the mason. The block is provided in its ends with vertical hand receiving recesses, and I finger receiving recesses leading into the vertical hand receiving recesses. The block is further provided with a main longitudinal recess into which the vertical hand receiving recesses lead. The block is provided between its ends with a lock-block receiving recess. The vertical hand receiving recesses by preferably passing through the to and bottom of the block, render it possible or the mason to properly handle the block when it is inverted. The main longitudinal recess constitutes a'brick v receiving recess when the wall is provided with a brick facing, and also serves to receive the longitudinal extensions of .co-acting blocks, so that the blocks have interlocking engagement. The hand receiving recesses are relatively large for the convenient insertion of the hand, and it would be expensive to fill these recesses with cement or mortar to provide a solid wall. I, therefore, insert lockblocks or key-blocks in the openings formed by the assembled hand receiving recesses be tween the adjacent blocks in the same layer, thus locking the same against lateral movement. A lock-block is inserted within the lock-block receiving recess of the block, and is adapted for insertion within the hand receiving recesses of the assembled blocks in the next layer, the lock-block receiving recesses of thelast named blocks receiving the ends oi the lock-blocks in the hand receiving recesses of the next lower layer. Corner blocks are also provided for co-action with the side wall blocks and lock-blocks.

part of specification, and in which like and left corner These In the accompanying drawings,'forming a 1930. Serial No. 464,284.

numerals areemployed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Figure 1 is aplan view of a horizontal layer of side and corner blocks embodied in the wall construction,

Figure 2-is a similar view of the next up per horizontal layer,

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the right and left corner bloc s shown in Fi re 1, Figure 4 is a perspective view oFt he right locks shown in Figure 2,

Figure 4 is a transverse section taken on line 44 of Figure 5,

Figure 5 is a similar view, showing the corner blocks turned at a right angle to the blocks shown in Figure 4,

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the side block,

Figure 6 is a. vertical section taken on line 6-6 of Figure 2, Y

- Figure 6 is a horizontal section taken on line (i -6, of Figure 6,

Figure 7 is a perspective view of the side wall embodying the invention,

Figure 8 is an end elevation of the same,

Figure 9 is a perspective of the side wall embodying the invention, showing the same provided with a brick facing,

Figure 10 is an end elevation of the same.

The wall embodies side blocks 15 having a main recess 16 extending longitudinally of the same and through its ends. This recess is rectangular in cross section. The recess provides a reduced'longitudinal extension 17 of the block. In its ends, the block is pro- 'vided with vertical hand receiving recesses or grooves 18, which arerelatively wide and suificiently large to freely receive the hands. hand receiving recesses extend through the top and bottom of the block and lead into the main longitudinal recess 16. The numeral 19 designates finger receiving recesses, arranged at the ends of the block andformed within the bottom wall of the hand receiving recesses. The finger receiving recesses 19 are horizontal and are arranged near and beneath the bottom wall of the main longitudinal recess 16. The longitudinal extension 17 is provided at a point equi-distantly spaced from its ends with a- I lock-block receiving recess 20, which is verticully arranged, and has its open Side leading into the longitudinal recess 16. The recess 20 has its bottom terminating at the bottom of thc'main longitudinal recess.

The numerals-21 and 22 designate right and left corner blocks. These corner blocks have longitudinal recesses 23, which are rectangular in cross section and form longitudinal extensions 24. The recesses 23-extend through the inner ends of the corner blocks and lead into vertical hand receiving recesses or grooves 25, extending through the top and bottom of the block( Horizontal finger recesses 26 are formed in the bottom walls of the hand receiving recesses 25. The opposite or outer ends 27 ofthe corner blocks are solid and these solid ends have horizontal finger receiving recesses 28. The longitudinal recess 22 does not extend through the outer ends of the corner blocks, but terminates at a shoulder 29. Vertical recesses 30 are formed upon the inner sides of the corner blocks, adjacent to the solid ends 27',- and the vertical recesses 30 extend through the tops and bottoms of the corner blocks, and are adapted for registration with the vertical recesses 18 of the side blocks, as will be described. The corner blocks 21 and 22 are identical, except that the solid ends 27 extend inwardly in opposite directions.

The numerals 31 and 32 designate right and left corner blocks of the next upper horizontal layer. These corner blocks'have main longitudinal recesses 33 extending through the opposite ends of the same. These corner blocks also have vertical hand receiving recesses 34, extending through their tops and bottoms and horizontal finger recesses 35, formed in the bottom walls of the recesses 34. The blocks 31 and 32 have their outer ends 36 solid and horizontal finger receiving recesses 37 formed therein. The recesses 33 have inwardly projecting lateral extensions 38, passing through the inner side of the blocks, and leading into vertical recesses 39, passing through the tops and bottoms of the blocks. The main longitudinal recesses 33 provide depending longitudinal exten sions 40, having lock-block receiving vertical recesses 41, which are equi-distantly spaced from the ends of the block and terminate at the bottom wall of the recesses 33.

In assembling the blocks to construct a building or the like, the right and left corner blocks 21 and 22 are placed upon a suitable foundation in the manner shown in Fig. 6 and the side blocks 15 are placed inwardly of and adjacent to the corner blocks so that their vertical recesses 18 register'with the vertical recesses 30. The recesses 18 of the several side blocks register with the vertical recesses 18 of the adjacent side blocks. These registering recesses form relatively large openings, and in order that these openings ma be closed in an economical manner for pro ucing a solid wall, I insert vertical lock-blocks 42 in the same, which may be in the form of .bricks. The bricks may be coated with cement, if desired, and the contacting. surfaces of the blocks are also provided with cement as is customary in laying blocks. The first layer of blocks have their flat solid sides arranged lowermost, thereby bringing the longitudinal recesses of the corner blocks uppermost and the longitudinal recesses 16 of the side blocks 15 uppermost. The ends of the recesses 16 of the end side blocks lead into longitudinal recesses 23 of the corner blocks. The right and left corner blocks 31 and 32 are now placed upon the corner blocks 21 and 22, and are disposed at a right angle thereto. The depending extensions 40-enter the longitudinal recesses 16of the end side blocks and also enter the ends of the longitudinal recesses 23 of the corner blocks 21 and 22. The recesses 41 now receive the lock-blocks 42, held within the registering recesses 30 and 18 of the adjacent corner blocks 21 and 22 and side blocks 15, while the transverse vertical recesses 39 partly receive vertical lock-blocks 42' held in the lock-block receiving recesses 20 of the side blocks. These lock-blocks 42 are also partly received by the vertical recesses 18 in the adjacent side blocks 15, which are now inverted so that their extensions 17 enter the recesses 16 of the side blocks in the lower layer. The lockblocks 42 held within the recesses 18 of the side blocks in the lower layer enter the recesses 20 in the inverted side blocks 15. It is thus seen that the blocks in each horizontal layer have their ends interlocked by the vertical recesses and lock-blocks therein, and the blocks in the lower horizontal layer are interlocked with the blocks in the next horizontal layer by the vertical lock-blocks held within the recesses of the blocks in such next horizontal layer.

When it is desired to construct a solid wall with a brick facing, two horizontal layers of tion. The hand receiving-recesses 18 render it convenient for the mason to grip the block and shift the same to the proper position without the hand scraping against the adjacent block. These recesses permit of the handling .of the block when inverted and also I A lock-blocks.- The recesses 20 in the longitu- I dinal extension of the sideblocks permit of the blocks breaking joint and receive the same lock-block or brick which has passed throu h the recesses 18 in the adjacent ends of t e side blocks in the next layer.

in connection with end blocks of a particu- Iantype which is preferred,'yet the invention is not-restricted to this use, as the corners of the building may be formed in any other suitable manner.

The blocks may have a-length equal to sub- I stantially the combined length of two bricks a height e ual to substantiallyihe combined height of t ree bricks, and a width equal to substantially the combined width of two bricks. It is obvious that the block may be made in any suitable dimensions. When a brick is inserted in the hand receiving recesses, a space of one-half inch is left at the top and bottom for mortar.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention, herewith shown and described, is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and that various changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts, ma be resorted to, without departing from t e spirit of my invention, or the scope of the subjoined c aims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. A wall construction, comprising horizontal layers of solid blocks, each block being provided with a main longitudinal recess extending through its ends and providing a longitudinal extension, each block being provided in its ends with vertical hand receiving recesses extending through the top and bottom of the block and-also having finger receiving recesses formed in the bottom Walls of the hand receiving recesses, each block being provided in the longitudinal extension with a lock-block receiving recess having its open side leadinginto the longitudinal recess,

the blocks in each horizontal layerhaving their vertical hand receiving recesses in substantial registration for formin vertical openings, lock-blocks inserted within the vertical openings and having a portion of their upper ends extending into the longitudinal recesses of the blocks, the blocks in the next upper horizontal layer being inverted so that their longitudinal extensions enter the longitudinal recesses of the blocks in the lower layer, and their hand receiving recesses register to form vertical openings which are 1n substantial alignment with the lock-block receiving recesses of the blocks in the lower layer, the lock-block receiving recesses of the blocks in the upper layer receiving the end portions of the lock-blocks of the lower layer, and lock-blocks inserted within the openings of the upper layer and having their lower end portions entering the lock-block ends with transverse loc receiving recesses of the blocks in the lower c ends with vertical hand receiving recesses ex- While I have shownthe side blocks as used tending through the opposite sides of the same and having finger receiving recesses formed in the bottom walls of the hand receiving recesses, said block being provided in its longitudinal extension with a lock-block receiving recess havin its open side leading into the main lon itu nal recess.

3. A solid buil ing block rovided at one corner with a main longitu inal recess ex-' tending through its opposite ends and afi'ording a lon itudinal extension, said block being provi ed in-its ends with vertical recesses, the recesses at the ends of the ad'acent assembled blocks forming openings or receiving lock-blocks, said block being provided in its longitudinal extension with a lock-block receiving a recess having its bottom terminating with the bottom of the longitudinal recess.

4. A building block provided with a longitudinal main recess affording a longitudinal extension, said block being provided in its ends with upstanding recesses for receiving locking blocks, said longitudinal extension being provided with a lock-block receivin recess which leads into the main longitudina recess.

5. A building block provided at one corner with a main longitudinal recess afiording a longitudinal extension, said block being provided at its ends with transverse recesses extending through the longitudinal extension and are adapted to receive lock-blocks, said longitudinal extension being provided near its center with a lock-block receiving recess.

6. A building block provided with a longitudinal recess affording a longitudinal extension, said extension having a lock-block receiving recess leading into the longitudinal recess, said block being rovided near its lock receiving recesses.

7 A corner block having a main longitudinal recess extending through one end of the same and terminating at a point spaced from the opposite end of the block for afiording a longitudinal extension, said extension having a lock-block receiving recess leading into the longitudinal recess, said block being provided upon one end with a vertical lock-block receiving recess and upon one side and near the opposite end with a vertical lock-bloc receiving recess.

8. A corner block having a main longitudinal recess extending through the opposite ends of the same and provided at one end with a transverse extension passing through the side of the block thereby affording a longitudinal extension which leads from one end of the blockto the transverse recess entension, said extension havin a lock-block receiving recess therein leading into the main longitudinal recess, said block bein provided at one end with a transverse -block receiving recess leading into the main lon' itudinal recess and upon one side near t e opposite end with a transverse lock-block receiving recess which leads into the recess extension.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature.

STANLEY BROZEK. 

